The "%5lu" part of the sprintf only guarantees a minimum length, not a maximum one. This patch should make it correct for any possible timestamp.
Signed-off-by: Sylvain Munaut <s.mun...@whatever-company.com> --- kernel/printk.c | 13 +++++++++++-- 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/kernel/printk.c b/kernel/printk.c index 66a2ea3..2ceceea 100644 --- a/kernel/printk.c +++ b/kernel/printk.c @@ -847,8 +847,17 @@ static size_t print_time(u64 ts, char *buf) if (!printk_time) return 0; - if (!buf) - return 15; + if (!buf) { + size_t len = 15; + u64 ts_limit = (u64)100000 * (u64)1000000000; + + while ((ts > ts_limit) && (len < 21)) { + len++; + ts_limit = 10 * ts_limit; + } + + return len; + } rem_nsec = do_div(ts, 1000000000); return sprintf(buf, "[%5lu.%06lu] ", -- 1.7.10.4 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/